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Mentally-ill man stabs relative
    AHSA — A mentally disturbed man stabbed a relative multiple times. Eastern Province Police spokesman Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti said the man, who is believed to be in his 40s, repeatedly attacked his victim who was later taken to hospital by ...
Indian PM likely to visit Saudi Arabia by year’s end
Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH —  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Saudi Arabia by the end of this year, a section of the Indian media reported on Saturday quoting sources familiar with the development. The prime minister may ...
Yoga in Saudi Arabia
  Shams Ahsan     Saudi Arabia hosts the first internationally recognized body in the Gulf region on yoga, an ancient Indian art of healthy living. The Arab Yoga Foundation was established in 2010 by Saudi yogacharya (certified teacher) Nouf Al-Marwaai, a Saudi Muslim woman. Nouf ...
TVTC to train 17,000 for energy sector
    AHSA — Some 170,000 young Saudi men and women will be qualified for jobs in the energy sector over the next 10 years, said Governor of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) Ali Al-Ghafees. He told a press conference ...
Newlywed dies from electric shock
AHSA — A newlywed man died on Saturday after being electrocuted in his house in Al-Bataliyah Governorate. Police said Murtada Al-Haji had got married along with 29 other grooms in a group wedding the night of his death. He returned ...
‘Stronger Saudi-Indian ties good for both countries’
      Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — India wants to further enhance its relations with Saudi Arabia, a former Indian minister said during his recent visit to the Kingdom.   “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, who visited India in 2014 when he ...
Rate of illiteracy drops in Ahsa
    AHSA — The Department of Education celebrated a decrease of illiterate men and women in the province to 13,000 from 24,450 a year ago on Thursday, Al-Watan reported. The department’s head of adult education Mohammad Al-Tulaihi said when education first ...
Passengers get medical checks after Dammam-Riyadh train breaks down
  Ibrahim Al-Hussain   Saudi Gazette     AHSA — A number of passengers fainted and a pregnant woman started bleeding when their train from Dammam to Riyadh broke down in a desert area on Sunday. The train stopped 202 km away from Hofuf and was stranded ...
Tursu warehouse shut down
    AHSA — The municipality shut down a warehouse that produced and stored tursu (pickled vegetables) for operating without a license. Al-Ahsa Municipality spokesman Khalid Bawashal said a citizen reported the warehouse to the municipality and environmental health experts were sent ...
Makkah Clock Tower
  View more photos   Shams Ahsan Saudi Gazette     At a height of 607 meters, it stands as the world’s third tallest building, dwarfed only by 632-meter-high Shanghai Tower and Dubai’s 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa. Visitors to the holy city of Makkah have been wonderstruck by ...
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